By Mandy Locke and Franco Ordonez, McClatchy Washington Bureau RALEIGH, N.C. — Robert Malick has weathered plenty of uncertainty in the 22 years he’s run a multimillion-dollar heating and air conditioning firm. His secret to success: Follow the money and the people who can get it. To do it, his company, Southern Mechanical, landed government-backed […]

By Mike Hughlett, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Dairy Queen has become the latest victim of computer hackers bent on pilfering customers’ credit and debit card information. The Edina, Minn.-based ice cream and fast-food chain confirmed Wednesday that “customer data at a limited number of stores may be at risk.” The company didn’t disclose how many customers […]

By Daniel Rothberg, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — It seems like a perfect time to get into the drone business. With easy access to technology and patchy regulation, small commercial drones already have been used to film box-office hits and market expensive real estate. Internet retailer Amazon is testing its sixth generation of an unmanned […]

May 5, 2014

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